Jan Kochermann: Shafts

by Wagner, Hilke; Kochermann, Jan

• ISBN13: 9783775725644
• ISBN10: 3775725644
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-05-31
• Publisher: Distributed Art Pub Inc

Summary

Since 1996, German artist Jan Kochermann (born 1967) has been working with ducts as sculpture, producing a variety of large installations in public spaces that provide unexpected sights, whether it be a floating upside-down high-rise building, or the reproduction of a 26-meter-long bicycle tunnel. This monograph covers Kochermann's entire oeuvre, and also examines his light sculptures and film projections.

Author Biography

Jan Kochermann (1967 in ludenscheid) beschaftigt sich seit 1996 mit dem skulpturalen Element des Schachtes and realisierte in den letzten jahren diverse GroBinstallationen im offentilichen Raum. Bei seinem spiel mit den herkommlichen Realitatserfarungen des Betrachters entstehen immer wieder neue, unerwartete Raume beziehungsweise Raumsituationen: So wird der Besucher beispietsweise am ungesicherten Ende enies Schachtes mit einem mehrere Meter tiefen Abgrund Konfrontiert. Die vorliegendo Monografie umfasst das ganze Werk Kochermanns and behandelt neben den Grobinstallationen such seine Lichtskulpturen, modellhaften Innenraume mit Filmprojektionen, irritierenden Rauminszenierungen and Performances.
Jan Kochermann (1967 in Ludenscheid) has been dealing with shafts as a sculptural element since 1996. in recent years producing a variety of large public installations He stages rifts in reality and plays with the ways viewers conventionally experience them. leading to new, unexpected spaces or spatial situations. Some of his shafts end abruptly many meters above the ground. leaving the visitor at the edge of an abyss, many meters above the ground. This monograph embraces kochermann's entire oeuvre. Besides the large installations, it also examines his light sculptures, model-like interiors with film projections, and his puzzling spatial productions.